Gallery:
Byzantine Images
Introduction
There is a growing amount of Byzantine art and of Byzantine related images on the
Internet. Sites which specialise in such images are listed on the Links to Other Sites page. The intent
here in the Gallery is to present available images under topical
"exhibitions". This will take some time to do, and at the moment the page is
very much "under construction". Beware that a few of the indicated connections
may not work.
This version of Gallery contains text references to the art. The older image
based version, which alled up inline "thumbnail" never worked satisfactorily,
and has been removed.
Because image sites have an unfortunate habit of disappearing, I have made local copies
of all linked images. If you cannot load an image, contact me at the address at the bottom
of the page.
A Note On My Understanding of Copyright of Byzantine Art Works
In the US owners of a an ancient work of art (one created before 1922) do not
have copyright over the work. Copyright does exist in any photographs of such
works of art. With some of the items here, especially with "flat" photographs of
icons, many of which were collected years ago, it is not possible to determine in many
cases who the photographer was. If your copyright has been infringed, contact me and
I will remove an image. Some of the photographs here are by me (marked [PH])
and these you are free to copy for non-commercial use.
- The Theotokos
- Apostles
- Church Fathers
- The Major Legendary Saints
- Byzantine Era Saints
Additional Icon Pages
- Orthodox
Christian Fellowship Icon Archive [At MIT]
A collection of a variety of icons. I have linked to the individual icons before, but the
site creators keep changing the URLs. At one stage this was the best the net had to offer,
but now its limitations are apparent. No information on origin or provenance is given for
most of these icons, and a number are quite modern. It is basically an exercise in piety
rather than an art history site. Images available are of: Christ [modern], Christ [modern: artist given], Theotokos and Christ [modern:
artist give], St. Philip the Apostle [unknown period: 14th Cent?], St.
Stylianos [I.e Alypios the Stylite] [unknown period], Theotokos [unknown:
Italian quattocento?], the deposition of Christ from the cross [unknown:
Byzantine 14th Cent painting?], St. Paraskevi [modern Romanian icon card],
St. Mina [very modern], The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste [unknown: modern],
the inside of a Romanian Church [modern ornate]. The other advertized
icons are missing.
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Athos
Make sure to see the
Mount Athos Website for pictures of each monastery, and of art treasures in each.
Art from the Toplou Monastery in Crete
For Meteora see also the Meteora
Monasteries Website [At Internet Archive]
Deccani Monastery
These are images from the Monastery of Deccani site near the town of Pech. Its frescoes were painted between 1335 and 1350.
The Church of holy Salvation was founded by King Stefan Urosh III (Dechanski). It was
constructed between 1327 and 1335 by the master builder Fra Vita of Kotor. It succeeds in
incorporating the multi-naved Western style into the single-naved Byzantine basilica, with
a dome, and marble decorations of extraordinary beauty.
Note these images come in GIF format and TIFF format. TIFF format will not display on
most web browsers - you may download either, but only the GIF will display. With the TIFF,
which carries more information, you must view in another image viewer.
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Sites
Hagia Sophia - 6th Cent.
The Church St. Saviour in Chora - 14th Cent.
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Mistra
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Maps
Byzantine Historical Figures
Byzantine Views
Byzantine Crafts
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OTHER BYZANTINE ART SITES
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